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  <div class="section" id="zip-encoding-class">
<h1>Zip Encoding Class<a class="headerlink" href="#zip-encoding-class" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>CodeIgniter&#8217;s Zip Encoding Class permits you to create Zip archives.
Archives can be downloaded to your desktop or saved to a directory.</p>
<div class="contents local topic" id="contents">
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#using-the-zip-encoding-class" id="id1">Using the Zip Encoding Class</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#initializing-the-class" id="id2">Initializing the Class</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#usage-example" id="id3">Usage Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#class-reference" id="id4">Class Reference</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="custom-index container"></div><div class="section" id="using-the-zip-encoding-class">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">Using the Zip Encoding Class</a><a class="headerlink" href="#using-the-zip-encoding-class" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="section" id="initializing-the-class">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Initializing the Class</a><a class="headerlink" href="#initializing-the-class" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Like most other classes in CodeIgniter, the Zip class is initialized in
your controller using the $this-&gt;load-&gt;library function:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">library</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;zip&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Once loaded, the Zip library object will be available using:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="usage-example">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3">Usage Example</a><a class="headerlink" href="#usage-example" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>This example demonstrates how to compress a file, save it to a folder on
your server, and download it to your desktop.</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;mydata1.txt&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;A Data String!&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">add_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>

<span class="c1">// Write the zip file to a folder on your server. Name it &quot;my_backup.zip&quot;</span>
<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">archive</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;/path/to/directory/my_backup.zip&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>

<span class="c1">// Download the file to your desktop. Name it &quot;my_backup.zip&quot;</span>
<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">download</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;my_backup.zip&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="class-reference">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4">Class Reference</a><a class="headerlink" href="#class-reference" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="CI_Zip">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descname">CI_Zip</code><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_Zip" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><dl class="attribute">
<dt>
<code class="descname">$compression_level = 2</code></dt>
<dd><p>The compression level to use.</p>
<p>It can range from 0 to 9, with 9 being the highest and 0 effectively disabling compression:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">compression_level</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="CI_Zip::add_data">
<code class="descname">add_data</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$filepath</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$data = NULL</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_Zip::add_data" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li><strong>$filepath</strong> (<em>mixed</em>) &#8211; A single file path or an array of file =&gt; data pairs</li>
<li><strong>$data</strong> (<em>array</em>) &#8211; File contents (ignored if $filepath is an array)</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">void</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Adds data to the Zip archive. Can work both in single and multiple files mode.</p>
<p>When adding a single file, the first parameter must contain the name you would
like given to the file and the second must contain the file contents:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;mydata1.txt&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;A Data String!&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">add_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>

<span class="nv">$name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;mydata2.txt&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Another Data String!&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">add_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>When adding multiple files, the first parameter must contain <em>file =&gt; contents</em> pairs
and the second parameter is ignored:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span>
        <span class="s1">&#39;mydata1.txt&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="s1">&#39;A Data String!&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
        <span class="s1">&#39;mydata2.txt&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Another Data String!&#39;</span>
<span class="p">);</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">add_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If you would like your compressed data organized into sub-directories, simply include
the path as part of the filename(s):</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;personal/my_bio.txt&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;I was born in an elevator...&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">add_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The above example will place my_bio.txt inside a folder called personal.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="CI_Zip::add_dir">
<code class="descname">add_dir</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$directory</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_Zip::add_dir" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li><strong>$directory</strong> (<em>mixed</em>) &#8211; Directory name string or an array of multiple directories</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">void</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Permits you to add a directory. Usually this method is unnecessary since you can place
your data into directories when using <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$this-&gt;zip-&gt;add_data()</span></code>, but if you would like
to create an empty directory you can do so:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">add_dir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;myfolder&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// Creates a directory called &quot;myfolder&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="CI_Zip::read_file">
<code class="descname">read_file</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$path</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$archive_filepath = FALSE</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_Zip::read_file" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li><strong>$path</strong> (<em>string</em>) &#8211; Path to file</li>
<li><strong>$archive_filepath</strong> (<em>mixed</em>) &#8211; New file name/path (string) or (boolean) whether to maintain the original filepath</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Permits you to compress a file that already exists somewhere on your server.
Supply a file path and the zip class will read it and add it to the archive:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;/path/to/photo.jpg&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">read_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$path</span><span class="p">);</span>

<span class="c1">// Download the file to your desktop. Name it &quot;my_backup.zip&quot;</span>
<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">download</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;my_backup.zip&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If you would like the Zip archive to maintain the directory structure of
the file in it, pass TRUE (boolean) in the second parameter. Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;/path/to/photo.jpg&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">read_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$path</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">TRUE</span><span class="p">);</span>

<span class="c1">// Download the file to your desktop. Name it &quot;my_backup.zip&quot;</span>
<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">download</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;my_backup.zip&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>In the above example, photo.jpg will be placed into the <em>path/to/</em> directory.</p>
<p>You can also specify a new name (path included) for the added file on the fly:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;/path/to/photo.jpg&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">$new_path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;/new/path/some_photo.jpg&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">read_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$path</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$new_path</span><span class="p">);</span>

<span class="c1">// Download ZIP archive containing /new/path/some_photo.jpg</span>
<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">download</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;my_archive.zip&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="CI_Zip::read_dir">
<code class="descname">read_dir</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$path</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$preserve_filepath = TRUE</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$root_path = NULL</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_Zip::read_dir" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li><strong>$path</strong> (<em>string</em>) &#8211; Path to directory</li>
<li><strong>$preserve_filepath</strong> (<em>bool</em>) &#8211; Whether to maintain the original path</li>
<li><strong>$root_path</strong> (<em>string</em>) &#8211; Part of the path to exclude from the archive directory</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Permits you to compress a directory (and its contents) that already exists somewhere on your server.
Supply a path to the directory and the zip class will recursively read and recreate it as a Zip archive.
All files contained within the supplied path will be encoded, as will any sub-directories contained within it. Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;/path/to/your/directory/&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">read_dir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$path</span><span class="p">);</span>

<span class="c1">// Download the file to your desktop. Name it &quot;my_backup.zip&quot;</span>
<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">download</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;my_backup.zip&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>By default the Zip archive will place all directories listed in the first parameter
inside the zip. If you want the tree preceding the target directory to be ignored,
you can pass FALSE (boolean) in the second parameter. Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;/path/to/your/directory/&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">read_dir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$path</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">FALSE</span><span class="p">);</span>
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<p>This will create a ZIP with a directory named &#8220;directory&#8221; inside, then all sub-directories
stored correctly inside that, but will not include the <em>/path/to/your</em> part of the path.</p>
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<dt id="CI_Zip::archive">
<code class="descname">archive</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$filepath</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_Zip::archive" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<li><strong>$filepath</strong> (<em>string</em>) &#8211; Path to target zip archive</li>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p>
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<p>Writes the Zip-encoded file to a directory on your server. Submit a valid server path
ending in the file name. Make sure the directory is writable (755 is usually OK).
Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">archive</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;/path/to/folder/myarchive.zip&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// Creates a file named myarchive.zip</span>
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<dt id="CI_Zip::download">
<code class="descname">download</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$filename = 'backup.zip'</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_Zip::download" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<li><strong>$filename</strong> (<em>string</em>) &#8211; Archive file name</li>
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<p>Causes the Zip file to be downloaded from your server.
You must pass the name you would like the zip file called. Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">download</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;latest_stuff.zip&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// File will be named &quot;latest_stuff.zip&quot;</span>
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<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">Do not display any data in the controller in which you call
this method since it sends various server headers that cause the
download to happen and the file to be treated as binary.</p>
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<dt id="CI_Zip::get_zip">
<code class="descname">get_zip</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_Zip::get_zip" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<p>Returns the Zip-compressed file data. Generally you will not need this method unless you
want to do something unique with the data. Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;my_bio.txt&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;I was born in an elevator...&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">add_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>

<span class="nv">$zip_file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">get_zip</span><span class="p">();</span>
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<dt id="CI_Zip::clear_data">
<code class="descname">clear_data</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_Zip::clear_data" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<p>The Zip class caches your zip data so that it doesn&#8217;t need to recompile the Zip archive
for each method you use above. If, however, you need to create multiple Zip archives,
each with different data, you can clear the cache between calls. Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;my_bio.txt&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;I was born in an elevator...&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">add_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="nv">$zip_file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">get_zip</span><span class="p">();</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">clear_data</span><span class="p">();</span>

<span class="nv">$name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;photo.jpg&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">read_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;/path/to/photo.jpg&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// Read the file&#39;s contents</span>

<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">zip</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">download</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;myphotos.zip&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
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